Apple on Wednesday released iTunes 11.0.4, a minor update for its media player and digital storefront that promises to address issues related to syncing and purchasing content.

"This update fixes a problem that may cause iTunes to quit if you switch between wired and wireless syncing and addresses an issue that may require you to log into the iTunes Store repeatedly," the official release notes state.

iTunes 11.0.4 is now available for download from the Mac App Store, and will be provided through Apple's website.

The last iTunes update, version 11.0.3, arrived last month, bringing a new MiniPlayer featuring artwork and a progress bar. That update also included an improved Songs View in the software.

The last major update to the software was released as iTunes 11 last November. It featured a complete overhaul of the application's design, along with a new storefront and tighter integration with Apple's iCloud suite of services.

I am feeling more and more anoyed by the countless OS and app updates. Most of them are just bug fixes. Why can't the developers include one or two new features in addition to the bug fixes?

It doesn't make for good business on many levels.

Have you had a boss or client that kept changing up what they wanted after the plans or design was set? This isn't unlike what adding new features to every OS or app update would be like. You are trying to smooth out any issues going forward but then you are told to add or change this or that. This not only means you may not effectively resolve the current bugs but you may very well add more issues to the mix. This sort of this needs to be done very carefully.

Now, I'd like for them to have less bugs (which seems to be the case with iOS and Mac OS as they are updated less frequently than in years past) but if they are need to fix bugs I'd like them to do that with a laser focus for a tertiary update thereby keeping the minor features and major features to secondary and primary updates, respectively.

I'd also like them to make updates on the Mac and iOS invisible to the user by default. When there is an app update it does it automatically when you are on WiFi, with options to disable this in Settings. I can go months without ever accessing the App Store on my iPhone and iPad so when I do there usually dozens of updates waiting.

Originally Posted by tzeshan
I am feeling more and more annoyed by the countless OS and app updates. Most of them are just bug fixes. Why can't the developers include one or two new features in addition to the bug fixes?

That's our Apple users; when we get new features, they whine about bugs. When they fix bugs, they whine about no new features.

Have you had a boss or client that kept changing up what they wanted after the plans or design was set? This isn't unlike what adding new features to every OS or app update would be like. You are trying to smooth out any issues going forward but then you are told to add or change this or that. This not only means you may not effectively resolve the current bugs but you may very well add more issues to the mix. This sort of this needs to be done very carefully.

Now, I'd like for them to have less bugs (which seems to be the case with iOS and Mac OS as they are updated less frequently than in years past) but if they are need to fix bugs I'd like them to do that with a laser focus for a tertiary update thereby keeping the minor features and major features to secondary and primary updates, respectively.

I'd also like them to make updates on the Mac and iOS invisible to the user by default. When there is an app update it does it automatically when you are on WiFi, with options to disable this in Settings. I can go months without ever accessing the App Store on my iPhone and iPad so when I do there usually dozens of updates waiting.

Google is even a worse offender. The recent Chrome app update version is 27.0.1453.10. Look at the third digit. They have turned over the software for thousands of times. I think the developers are very careless.

Google is even a worse offender. The recent Chrome app update version is 27.0.1453.10. Look at the third digit. They have turned over the software for thousands of times. I think the developers are very careless.

But at least the description included several improvements.

I think Google's numbering is more authentic in that regard. If you look at Mac OS and iOS point update betas you see much of the same high number revisions in the build numbers that don't propagate to the final OS value.

One could argue that higher numbers just mean they fix and test issues in a more isolated way, not that they have more issues, and that Apple's bug fix clustering is less efficient and slower. As I started previously I'd love for users never to have to worry about these update versions at all.